Abstract: This invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising fosmidomycin or salt thereof in combination with the other herbicide selected from the group of ametryn or salt thereof or diuron, and to a method of killing weeds by applying to weed seedlings the said combination.

Abstract: The use of a novel system for preserving aqueous systems normally subject to spoilage is disclosed. The system comprises the incorporation of .beta.-bromo-.beta.-nitrostyrene onto a solid maltodextrin or corn syrup solid of low to intermediate dextrose equivalency.

Abstract: A method of regulating the growth of plants, which method involves the application of a plant growth regulatory effective amount of certain 3-carbonylphenyl uracil compounds to the locus of the plants to be treated. Such application will act as a harvest aid for field crops as well as a growth retardant for aquatic species.

Abstract: N-vinyl amides having the general structural formula:CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--NHCOR.sup.1wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl group or C.sub.6 -C.sub.9 aryl or substituted aryl group, are formed by cracking carboxylic acid amides having the general structure formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is as described above, and R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1 to C.sub.9 alkoxy, carboxy or carboxamide group. Said carboxylic acid amides are cracked by heating, to a temperature of about 150.degree.-350.degree. C., in the presence of a porous, hydrogen-abstracting catalyst.

Abstract: A phenyltriazole derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a phenoxy group, an amino group, a cyano group, a 1-pyrrolyl group or a halogen-substituted alkoxy group, Y is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkyl group which may be substituted by halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or carbamoyl, a methyl-substituted cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylsulfinyl group or a 2-methyl-1,3-dithiolan-2-yl group, Z is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a halogen-substituted alkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkenyloxyalkyl group, a methyl group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenyl group, a ##STR2## group, wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.

Abstract: Nitrification inhibitors contain azole hemiaminal derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or halogen, R.sup.3 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, styryl, aryl, hetaryl or aralkyl, where the aromatic radical may be substituted, or is hydroxyl, A and B are each N or CR.sup.4, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or halogen.

Abstract: A method is provided of reducing fruit russetting by treating the surface of a fruit to reduce the amount of auxins present on the surface. In a preferred embodiment, the population of auxin-producing bacteria is reduced by providing a competing auxin-deficient bacterial population.